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An eloquent and stimulating argument for an alternative history of scientific and technological imaging systems. It explores the way in which the technological medium through which a piece of visual art is rendered contributes to the experience of the human looking at it.

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Susan Greenfield, Oxford University professor of pharmacology, who describes what she thinks is a thought; Packed with fascinating insights, it shows how science is investigating problems that affect us all on a large scale and suggests that we are closer to finding solutions to some of life's big questions than we might think.

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This book discusses biochemical adaptation to environments from freezing polar oceans to boiling hot springs, and under hydrostatic pressures up to 1,000 times that at sea level. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the dist

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What should the average person know about science Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators and other leaders of the scientific community believe that it is essential that everyone understand the basic concepts of the most vital and far-reaching disciplines.

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Arguing that human evolution has come to a stand-still, this book explores the evolutionary steps that have defined life on this planet. It describes the stages from cosmic to chemical and biological evolution and to the development of civilization and culture.

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Barr's Index to Biographical Fragments in Unspecialized Scientific Journals, obituary notices in American journals indexed in the Royal Society's Catalogue of Scientific Papers (1867-1925), lists of deceased scientists in American Men of Science, and other sources.

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The authors of the eleven chapters in this book approach the subject from a variety of viewpoints, ranging from an analysis of molecular changes within differentiating cells to a consideration of the factors governing the transplantation of normal and abnormal tissues. The book is based on papers presented at the Twelfth Growth Symposium of the Soc

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Presents the history of biology in America over two hundred years. This book describes the establishment of biology as an academic discipline in the late nineteenth century, and the retreat of life scientists from the problems of American nature.

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This text introduces and draws together pertinent aspects of fluid dynamics, physical oceanography, solid mechanics, and organismal biology to provide a much-needed set of tools for quantitatively examining the biological effects of ocean waves. "Nowhere on earth does water move as violently as on wave-swept coasts," writes the author, "and every b

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A reference work for mycologists, microbiologists, and botanists interested in symbiosis and chemosystematics. Lawrey synthesizes research on or related to the fungi and other microorganisms, puts it into perspective in order to eliminate the difficulties in using lichens as research organisms.

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How can students, teachers, parents, and librarians be certain that the information a Web site provides is accurate and age appropriate

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The study of bioluminescence--visible light emitted by living organisms--is truly in progress, as these 35 papers contributed by 49 of the leading scientists active in this field attest. Not since E. Newton Harvey's Bioluminescence in 1952 has there appeared a more comprehensive and critical study. The approaches to the subject range from the purel

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Understanding biomesthe communities of nature that share a similar climate and plant and animal lifeis key to a student's success in biology, geography, and environmental studies.